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News briefs:April 23, 2010

 Correction — August 24, 2015 These briefs incorrectly describe BP as ‘British Petroleum’. In fact, such a company has not existed for many years as BP dropped this name when becoming a multinational company. The initials no longer stand for anything.  Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To […]

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Plane crashes into office block in Austin, Texas/suicide note

This is the online suicide letter authored by Andrew Stack, the man believed to be responsible for flying a light aircraft into a building in Austin, Texas. It was originally posted at Stack’s site, http://embeddedart.com/. The hosting company, T35, took the site offline per an FBI request. The note is reproduced here in its entirety. […]

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Volkswagen emissions scandal may affect thousands more cars

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 The Volkswagen emissions scandal continued yesterday with the company announcing 800,000 mainly diesel vehicles may also be affected by carbon dioxide emissions problems. The company stated “the safety of the vehicles is in no way compromised”. They estimated potentially this could cost them €2bn on top of the €6.7bn set aside […]

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Wikinews interviews author and filmmaker Peter John Ross

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Wikinews held an exclusive interview with American author and filmmaker Peter John Ross. The head of Sonnyboo Productions, an independent film studio based in Columbus, Ohio, he has made numerous short films as well as co-directed a feature, the World War II B-movie Horrors of War. He has also written a […]

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Israeli group announces anti-semitic cartoons contest

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 In response to the Iranian newspaper Hamshari’s announcement of an anti-semitic cartoon contest inspired by the Jyllands Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, an Israeli group announced its own anti-semitic cartoon contest yesterday, open to Jewish cartoonists only. From their February 13 release: Amitai Sandy (29), graphic artist and publisher of Dimona Comix […]

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Mesh Office Chairs Are The Newest Trends In Ergonomically Designed Office Chairs

Here’s An Opinion On: Commercial Furniture Solutions Australia Bar Furniture Submitted by: Jane Molano The newest trends in ergonomically designed office chairs are the mesh office chairs. This especially designed office chair lets the air to flow freely through the mesh fabric of chair to the body, and as a result controls the temperature and […]

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UK War Crimes court hears evidence from dead victim

Saturday, October 28, 2006 A war crimes court trying seven British servicemen heard written evidence from Mr Kifah Taha Musa Mutairi, one of eleven Iraqi detainees allegedly abused by British soldiers in a detention camp in Basra in 2003. The court is also hearing evidence relating to the death, in custody, of an Iraqi hotel […]

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Gay marriage banned in three states; other ballot measures decided

Sunday, November 9, 2008 Voters in California, Florida and Arizona voted on Tuesday to ban gay marriage, bringing about a victory for conservatives on a day which did not bring many conservative wins. Meanwhile, voters in Colorado, South Dakota and California voted on measures which would have restricted abortion in those states. In Massachusetts and […]